Mary Valley Country Harvest Co-operative in Dagun, Queensland, Australia | Agricultural cooperative

Mary Valley Country Harvest Co-operative

Locality: Dagun, Queensland, Australia

Address: Kimlin Lane 4570 Dagun, QLD, Australia

Website: http://maryvalleycountryharvest.com

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25.01.2022 Another beautiful day in Paradise! We're keen to get out and about with our wonderful fresh produce....so eager, in fact, that we are having our first stall at Pomona Country Markets this weekend! See you there on Saturday 30th May from 7am, with a seasonal selection of freshly picked goodies. Here's a few of the greens, just about to be plucked from the garden.

24.01.2022 Love the Dagun Growers Market on a Saturday afternoon! Food for the mind, body and soul. Our well-being is reliant on good resource management and soil regeneration, and the sharing of practical and locally-workable ideas is the best way to ensure this is happening!

24.01.2022 Loving these rainy showers today! Don't forget to put in your order for fresh vegies and fruits from the Mary Valley - the online market is open until noon Tuesday. Here's the link: https://www.maryvalleycountryharvest.com/e-market/ Grower John at Phoenix Farm has a couple of great recipes for his custard apples. Peak sweetness right now! Give these a try: Custard apple smoothie... 3/4c of your favourite chilled milk, 1 small custard apple, seeds removed Nutmeg Blend milk and custard apple. Pour into chilled glass and sprinkle with nutmeg. Custard Apple Ice Cream 1 medium custard apple, 1 teaspoon lemon or lime juice, 500ml whipping cream Remove skin and seeds from custard apple and mash pulp, add citrus juice and blend. Freeze until mixture begins to set. Whip cream. Whip semi frozen fruit pulp. Fold cream into fruit pulp. Refreeze. Remove from freezer 1/2 hour before serving but leave in fridge. Serve with fruit salad or in meringue nests with creme de menthe or chocolate liqueur poured on top. Yummo!

24.01.2022 Something we can relate to just too easily! The challenge ahead for us here in the Mary Valley is to look to practices and crop selection that can evolve to provide food security even in adverse conditions. Hand in hand with this, is working alongside consumers to gain understanding and appreciation of the more unusual varieties, and how to incorporate them into meals that entice fussy tastebuds - harder than it sounds!

23.01.2022 How wonderful to be out and about a bit more! What a pleasure to be able to chat with visitors to the Pomona Country Markets on Saturday, whilst enjoying the warm winter day. Did you know....you can order ahead and pick up your bag of Mary Valley fresh produce at the Pomona Market on Saturday orning (so you don't miss out on those popular items!) or - from this coming weekend - on Saturday afternoon from Dagun Growers Market? Our online market is now open, ready for your orde...r! Here's the link: https://www.maryvalleycountryharvest.com/e-market/ The Weekly Bags will have a lovely selection of seasonal produce, or you can mix and match your own favourite items. Closes noon Tuesday!

23.01.2022 Bring on this rain! This could cause an outbreak of planting! Loving all the fresh produce at Dagun each week. Don't bother bringing a shopping list - let the range inspire your culinary mastery!

23.01.2022 What a showcase! We'll have more than 60 different types of amazing fresh produce on our stalls today at Pomona and Dagun! And all of it from our fertile Mary Valley. See you at Pomona from 7am-11.30, or at Dagun from 3pm till dusk.

22.01.2022 Loving this rain! Are you coming along to Pomona Country Market this morning, or to Dagun Growers Market this afternoon? Come on over and say "Hi!" (oh, yes...and buy some fantastic fresh, spray-free goodies, of course!). See you there!

22.01.2022 Our weekly online market is open right now (through to noon Tuesday)! The easiest way to get your weekly dose of nutritious fresh goodies from the Mary Valley - just go to our website. select from the amazing range of produce on offer, and your order will be packed ready for you to pick-up at Dagun Station on Thursday or Saturday afternoons, Imbil and Gympie on Friday mornings, or from a host on the Sunshine Coast (Doonan, Peregian, Yaroomba, Mudjimba and inland to Moy Pocket) on Thursdays. The online market opens at noon Sundays, and closes at noon Tuesdays. Here's the link: https://www.maryvalleycountryharvest.com/e-market/

22.01.2022 Summer is fruit time! Melons, mangoes, dragonfruit...and have you tried the 'latest' - sliced fresh figs on peanut butter toast?

22.01.2022 NOT ONLY do we have the FIRST fresh peaches in Australia at the market today (grown here, in the Mary Valley), we have the ABSOLUTELY BIGGEST head of Romanesco Broccoli ever seen here at the market today - bigger than a soccer ball! Who's going to have this incredible beauty at their dinner party tonight?

22.01.2022 Get online and have a look now at what is available! Then set a reminder for noon Sunday to put in your order. So much yumminess....and it's all local!

20.01.2022 Many thanks to John Brady for sharing the skills honed to perfection from decades of experience and his top three grafting tips at September’s free growers workshop. October’s topic is irrigation. Malcolm Leadbetter will share findings on irrigation scheduling research conducted on his property at Dagun. All welcome to share ideas and top tips. The monthly ‘PlatForum’ at Dagun Station starts 3.30 pm on the 4th Saturday of each month and ends by 5pm. Get your fresh produce w...hile you’re there and a wine and cheese plate from the ChooChoo Bar. https://www.facebook.com/695821867164217/videos/1283639841986648 See more

20.01.2022 Welcome to winter! We're moving into the cooler-season foods such as iceberg lettuce, English spinach, all types of kale, peas and pumpkins - plants that thrive on colder nights. The slowing down of insect pressure is also a relief! Our online market is now open, ready for your order! Here's the link: https://www.maryvalleycountryharvest.com/e-market/ The Weekly Bags will have another lovely selection of seasonal produce, including pumpkin, tomatoes, avocados, cumquats... and more of those sweet Sugar Snap Peas. And we have introduced a new pick-up location! Our growers' co-op is now attending Pomona Country Markets on Saturday mornings, a very handy place for those in that locale! The markets are currently running every week, so stop by and have a chat. Orders by noon Tuesday! See more

19.01.2022 We've been missing our social Saturdays at Dagun! See you there! Of course, we'll also be at Pomona Country Markets in the mornings too! Double the opportunity to get fresh, locally grown and made products!

18.01.2022 Well, what more can we say ... OUR LOVELY SOURDOUGH BREADS ARE BACK!! Elisa has returned from her travels (and we're pretty happy about that!), baking up a storm in her kitchen. Totally hand-made, including grinding the organic grains. Bring your knife and butter - we've got the bread and jams! But wait .. there's more.... we'll also have the first harvest of ginger! Beautiful, fresh 'pink' ginger is just perfect for smoothies and sauces. Grab a recipe for ginger and lime sauce (hmmm, bet that's nice over ricotta spread on spelt bread....) Figs, bananas, squishy old-style persimmons, passionfruit, champagne watermelon, dragonfruit and lots more. Oh, yes - and vegies, too! Can it get any better? YES!! How about some fruit trees for your own patch of paradise? Got them there, too! See you tomorrow at Pomona Country Market!

18.01.2022 Our monthly info-sharing Platforums are back! These are held at Dagun Station on the 3rd Saturdays of the month, starting at 3.30pm (to give you time to buy your weekly supplies from the Dagun Growers Market!). The topic this month is the March of the Fall Armyworm. This is a newly-emerged pest that is causing extreme damage in crops along the east coast. Our discussion will be on disrupting its life-cycle at different stages, with a focus on organic integrated pest management techniques. Because of its huge economic effect, much research has been done, and there will be a lot of information to share. Here's a link for more information: https://maryvalleycountryharvest.com/20-mar-2021-platforum/

18.01.2022 If your weekends are too busy to drop in at our market stalls at Pomona or Dagun, why not order ahead for pickup from Dagun or from a location closer to home? Our online market opens noon every Sunday, closing at noon Tuesdays. We're only picking what is ordered, and it's all so fresh! Get in now! Here's the link: maryvalleycountryharvest.com/e-market

18.01.2022 Good morning! Another lovely sunny week ahead! Now, if we just get a little night-time rain, it would be just perfect! Our online market is now open, ready for your order. Here's the link: https://www.maryvalleycountryharvest.com/e-market/ Orders by noon Tuesday, please!... Our Weekly bags will have another lovely mix of seasonal produce including avocados, cucumbers, tomatoes, spring onions, some Asian greens, beetroot, a cos lettuce, mandarines, a little bunch of herbs and more! Our produce is all grown or made by our member-growers - nothing is brought in from other sources, and it is all grown with greatest care for the soil and its inhabitants, the plants, and the wonderful people who eat it!

17.01.2022 These are definitely interesting times! Some of the best advice is to eat healthy, nutritious food (nothing new for us, hey?!). Then take that a little further, and look to including foods that support the immune system and particularly a strong respiratory organs. The easiest way is to add herbs, spices and bitter (or ‘tonic’) vegies to your meals. Get yours from our wonderful farmers of the Mary Valley today, at Dagun Growers Market.

17.01.2022 Delightful figs! It's also prime time for eggplant too - great for the BBQ or roasted and creamed with garlic for a dip. Yum!

17.01.2022 Looking like another lovely day to come to the markets! We'll be at Pomona Country Markets from 7am-noon, then at Dagun Station from 3pm till dusk. It's a great time for leafy greens, and we have an amazing selection! Lettuces galore, salad mix with a hint of herbs, kales, Asian greens, chard, watercress, and more. Plus tomatoes of many types, custard apples, pomelos (yellow and pink, sweet red grapefruit, and.....lots more! Ask for our recipe for roasted beetroot and cream cheese - delightful! See you at Pomona or Dagun!

16.01.2022 Buy local seasonal fruit and veg to reduce your carbon footprint! Have a look at episode 3 of ABC's Fight for Planet A: https://iview.abc.net.au//fight-for-planet-a-our-climate-c

15.01.2022 Good morning! Chilly morning starts are a pretty strong indication that the start of winter is nigh! Our online market is now open, ready for your order! Here's the link:https://www.maryvalleycountryharvest.com/e-market/ The Weekly Bags offer a lovely selection of seasonal produce, including tomatoes, avocados, sweet potato and the sweetest Sugar Snap Peas - eat these whole (pod as well). The best and healthiest lollies! Orders by noon Tuesday!

15.01.2022 Can't get better than local, freshly harvested vegies and fruits and other nourishing foods! Did you know that you can order your weekly supplies online? Mary Valley Country Harvest growers' co-operative emarket offers more than 60 products, including family and single-person size mixed bags - all from farms in your community! New to the list this week are custard apples and naturally wood-smoked hams and bacon. There's also incredibly tasty vegan sausages and a vegan 'chees...e' sauce mix (absolutely fantastic in Eggplant Stroganoff, along with mushrooms!) Get in quick - the online market opens at noon Sunday and closes at noon Tuesday, for delivery the following Thursday. https://www.maryvalleycountryharvest.com/e-market/ See more

14.01.2022 Peaches available from us at Pomona Country Markets and Dagun Growers Market tomorrow!

14.01.2022 Looking like a sunny morning (but so thankful for the rain!). Are you coming to Pomona Country Markets today? We've got a fantastic range of vegies and fruits - a rainbow of colours and flavours! See you there, 7am-noon. Or at Dagun this afternoon from 3pm till dusk, where you can also pick up some cheeses, pork products and wine.

13.01.2022 Live event streaming into your living room tonight at 7pm. Lets support these events so artists can get some gigs during covid crisis #supportlocalartists #lovelocal #lovegympie

13.01.2022 Will we see you at Pomona Country Market this morning, or at Dagun Station this afternoon? Or why not both?? Come along this morning, browse the interesting offerings, pick up your week's supplies of fresh goodness, grab a cuppa. Oh no, you've forgotten the lettuce! Have to go to Dagun. And maybe some cheeses for the week, pork sausages or ham, a glass of wine, listen to some music. See you there! Or there!

13.01.2022 As joyous as Snoopy happy dances! This is a great, social afternoon, and suitable for all levels of fitness (or not..). Be prepared to laugh!

12.01.2022 What a great interview with Dagun local Karl Venz and Amanda Emblem https://www.amandaemblem.com/ on ABC Sunshine Coast radio this morning. Listen to the interview https://www.abc.net.au//programs/mornings/mornings/13127944 (starts at 1:28:37). Amanda and Karl will be at Dagun Growers Market this Saturday 13 Feb from 3pm to be filmed by ABC Landline. ... Come along to find out more...

12.01.2022 An afternoon of great local food, wine, cheese and music...is there anywhere better to be on a Saturday afternoon than at Dagun Station? See you there!

12.01.2022 Last online orders and Saturday markets for 2020 (Pomona Country Markets and Dagun Growers Market) this week. Get your online order in by Tuesday 12pm. https://maryvalleycountryharvest.com/e-market/

11.01.2022 Food loss means waste of resources used in production, such as land, water and energy. Producing food that will not be consumed leads to unnecessary CO2 emissions in addition to loss of economic value. #FoodFeedFibre via United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

11.01.2022 Keeping our community healthy! If you are unable to make it to Dagun Market tomorrow, remember that the online market opens at noon on Sunday for a Thursday delivery or Saturday pick-up. http://www.maryvalleycountryharvest.com/e-market/

11.01.2022 Have your say in this quick easy survey to support the arts industry in our region.

10.01.2022 STOLEN CROP OF CUSTARD APPLES! Please keep your eyes open for early custard apples appearing at local markets or shops. A farm in Amamoor has been cleared out of fruit that would be almost ripe now. This farm is renowned for its early fruit, which are a few weeks ahead of other custard apples in the region (and thus easier to spot as being unusual). Please share this message, and let us know if you find any likely suspects!

10.01.2022 What wonderful rain!! And didn't it freshen up the vegies?! We'll be at Pomona Country Market this morning from 7-11.30am, then at Dagun from 3pm till dusk. What do we have today? Creamy custard apples and avocados, earthy beetroot, bunching and spring onions, a rainbow of tomatoes, cucs, zuccs, and multiple choys! And lots more, of course... (it's so hard singling out a few....) Victoria's ferments are back, and Kylie's impressive range of preserves continues to expand. See you there this morning....or there this afternoon!

10.01.2022 Wow - the shortest day of the year has now passed, with Winter Solstice yesterday, and we're on the road to Summer! Our online market is now open, ready for your order, and closes at noon Tuesday. Here's the link: https://www.maryvalleycountryharvest.com/e-market/ Our Weekly bags will have another lovely mix of seasonal produce including avocados, cucumbers, tomatoes, spring onions, silverbeet, a frilly lettuce, cumquats, mandarines, sweet potato, a little bunch of herbs... and more! Our wonderful, fresh spray-free produce is harvested to your order from our members' farms. Pick-up is available from many convenient locations between Gympie and Mudjimba, including the Pomona Country Market on Saturdays, and from Dagun Railway Station on Thursdays and Saturdays.

10.01.2022 Community-supported Agriculture in action! When you purchase from the market and online, you are sharing the harvests from a range of beautiful farms in the Mary Valley area!

09.01.2022 If you are unable to attend, there's the online emarket - opens at noon Sundays for a Thursday delivery or pick-up. https://www.maryvalleycountryharvest.com/e-market/

09.01.2022 It was a great chat about integrated pest management on Saturday 22 August at Dagun Station market. Here are a few book suggestions to help you on your way. Video highlights of the talk coming soon.

09.01.2022 Thank you to all our wonderful customers who have supported us this year. We wish you a safe and fun festive season.Thank you to all our wonderful customers who have supported us this year. We wish you a safe and fun festive season.

09.01.2022 From our coop, please share for those going to markets this coming weeks....

09.01.2022 It might be a bit grey and cloudy, but we'll be at Pomona Country Market on Saturday morning with a rainbow of earthly delights! Blushing red tomatoes and radish, peachy-coloured carrots, jewel-like orange and yellow cherry tomatoes, greens of almost every type you've heard of, magenta beetroot and meaty purple eggplant will grace our bountiful tables! And more, too, of course! Grab a recipe for a fennel risotto with a citrus zest, or eggplant and mushroom stroganoff with a vegan cheese sauce. That's dinner settled for the weekend! See you at Pomona! But, if you're too busy in the morning, drop out to Dagun Station for the afternoon for the same fantastic range of goodies (from 3pm), and grab some cheese, ham, bacon, pork sausages and wine to complement those meals. See you there! Or there!

08.01.2022 Excited to be at Pomona Country Market again tomorrow! Remember - they're on EVERY Saturday in June, to entice you out into the open air! What will we have there this week? Well....LOTS! Leafy greens of all types and flavours, at least 6 different types of tomatoes, eggplant, baby Lebanese cucumbers, figs, pomelos, herbs galore, freshly picked ginger and turmeric, green papaya meal packs and, well ....LOTS! Come along and say hi! Stan Topper Park, from 7am till 11am.

07.01.2022 DID YOU KNOW..... ...that you can order ahead and pick up your weekly fresh produce supplies at both Pomona Country Market and Dagun Growers Market on Saturdays? A good way to make sure that you get those quick-selling items kept aside, to avoid the early throng of eager customers, and to get that special weekly recipe for a fabulous meal or two! The online market opens at noon Sundays, and closes at noon Tuesdays. Here's the link: https://www.maryvalleycountryharvest.com/e-market/

07.01.2022 We're on the cusp of a New Year! Wishing you all joy, good health and peace! Looking forward to catching up on Saturday 2nd Jan at Pomona Country Markets. We'll have an abundance of fruits , including grapes, mangoes galore, figs, Vietnam Cream Dragonfruit and more, plus the lushest leaf greens. And lots more, of course! See you at Pomona!

07.01.2022 This week's delivery to Wallum Harbour, a new pop-up waterfront village Innovation, at it's finest!

06.01.2022 Lets hope more people listen and #makethechange

06.01.2022 Jam session at the Mary Valley Country Harvest stall at Pomona Country Markets. Our talented members Kylie and Steve. Kylie made up the song on the spot - our new co-op theme song :-)

06.01.2022 Welcome to our newest member BreadEaters Association. Come and get some of the best organic sourdough you'll ever eat at Pomona Country Markets every Saturday 7am to 11.30am.

05.01.2022 So, if you can't catch up with us at Pomona on Saturday mornings, head out to Dagun in the afternoon for your weekly supplies!

05.01.2022 Our weekly online market is now open for your weekly supplies of nutritious fresh goodies from the Mary Valley - just go to our website. select from the amazing range of vegies, fruits, fermented goods and more - including some lovely blooms for Mum's Day! Your order will be packed ready for you to pick-up at Dagun Station on Thursday or Saturday afternoons, Imbil and Gympie on Friday mornings, or from a host on the Sunshine Coast (Doonan, Peregian, Yaroomba, Mudjimba and inland to Moy Pocket) on Thursdays. The online market opens at noon Sundays, and closes at noon Tuesdays. Here's the link: https://www.maryvalleycountryharvest.com/e-market/

05.01.2022 Looking for some family fun? Be sure to make a SCARECROW this season! Get along to this crazy workshop - where you can dress some 'crows, learn some tips and join in the fun as the Mary Valley comes alive with 'crows this season! Don't forget you need to be registered and have your 'crow up by October 1 to be in the judging https://www.maryvalleyartslink.com.au/mary-valley.../

03.01.2022 We really enjoyed putting together a spectacular range of fresh goodies for the market today! As well as peaches, sourdough breads, eggs, small-batch jams and such, there's lots of new products and exciting additions to our fabulous stall at Pomona Country Market! We've ditched the plastic bags in favour of boxes to present your goodies, and filled them with baby eggplant (perfect for stir-fries), crispy tender cucumbers and gorgeous tomatoes. See you at Pomona, or in the afternoon at Dagun!

03.01.2022 The wonderful team at Mary Valley Country Harvest are working hard to keep supplying fresh, local produce to the community.

03.01.2022 John Brady's grafting tips from September's free growers workshop at Dagun Station.

02.01.2022 Jump on board the Mary Valley Rattler in support of Jarrah and his family, this Sunday. Jarrah Jones was diagnosed with Wilson’s disease in September 2018 at age 13. Wilson’s disease is a rare inherited disease that affects approximately one in 30,000 people worldwide. As a result of the disease Jarrah’s speech and mobility have been severely impacted. Jarrah has undergone many surgeries and is now confined to a wheelchair. Significant home renovations were required to accommodate wheelchair accessibility which have recently been completed. Departing Gympie Station at 9.30am

01.01.2022 Despite the rain, we had a great time at Pomona Country Market on Saturday! It's a great market, and we're there every Saturday with our range of fresh, local produce. Thanks for the photo, Steve Burgess

01.01.2022 WooHoo! The finest foods of the Mary Valley, featured in all their superb glory! Get on board!

01.01.2022 With the Covid-19 Coronavirus spreading in Queensland, it is a priority for us to keep our families, employees and customers healthy in the coming months. At the moment, there is no evidence of Covid-19 spreading via any food items and we believe our online emarket and our Saturday afternoon Dagun Growers Market remain safe places for you to access healthy, nutritious food. In an effort to increase hygiene at our market and on packing days, we are taking the following step...s: - We have increased all of our hand washing and use of hand sanitiser on farms and at market. - We are supporting growers and community members who choose to self-isolate. - We are reducing person to person contact during the transport of produce from farms to co-op packing activities, during packing, and during delivery to customers. For those of you who have not visited our Saturday afternoon market at Dagun Station, it is not very crowded and we will be encouraging people to maintain good hygiene while there. We believe that a small-scale open-air market stall is likely to be a much lower disease risk than a supermarket, for example. You can order produce and pre-pay online from our online market and have your order delivered to one of our regular drop-off locations on a Thursday afternoon, or pick it up ready packed from a special area at the Dagun Growers Market on a Saturday afternoon. http://www.maryvalleycountryharvest.com/e-market/ Again, we very much feel that our current outlets are safe places, but if that changes we will be exploring other ways to make our produce available to the community in ways that minimise close physical contact. Please let us know if you or any of your family members are not able to attend the market due to the risks posed by Covid-19 we will try to find alternate ways to make our produce available. Wishing everyone the very best! Mary Valley Country Harvest Cooperative

01.01.2022 Incredible, spray-free grapes with an amazing flavour! And fresh figs with a couple of cheeses on a platter, alongside sourdough bread and a chilled verdelho. Dinner's sorted!

01.01.2022 Our weekly online market is now open for your cache of nutritious fresh goodies from the Mary Valley - just go to our website. select from the amazing range of vegies, fruits, fermented goods and more, and pay directly online. Your order will be packed ready for you to pick-up at Dagun Station on Thursday or Saturday afternoons, Imbil and Gympie on Friday mornings, or from a host on the Sunshine Coast (Doonan, Peregian, Yaroomba, Mudjimba and inland to Moy Pocket) on Thursda...ys. Our Family Bag customers were encouraged to try a Prawn and Green Papaya Salad, using some of the items in their bag, including a special bag of herbs and spices chosen for the dish - totally yum! What will be on the menu this week? The online market opens at noon Sundays, and closes at noon Tuesdays. Here's the link: https://www.maryvalleycountryharvest.com/e-market/ See more